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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Daleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daleville and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Daleville:
- 37.409788, -79.912884
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Daleville
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Botetourt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Botetourt County
- Since Daleville is near Roanoke County and also Roanoke City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke City
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Daleville
Communities Also Named Daleville ...
We found seven communities that are also named Daleville.
Within Virginia, the name Daleville is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dale County
- This Daleville is located in Dale County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Daleville that is located in Botetourt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dale County community of Daleville.
- Arkansas
- Clark County
- This Daleville is located in Clark County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Daleville that is located in Botetourt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Daleville.
- Connecticut
- Tolland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Daleville [Tolland County].
- Indiana
- Delaware County
- This Daleville is located in Delaware County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Daleville that is located in Botetourt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Daleville.
- Mississippi
- Lauderdale County
- This Daleville is located in Lauderdale County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Daleville that is located in Botetourt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Daleville.
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- This Daleville is located in Chester County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Daleville that is located in Botetourt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Daleville.
- Lackawanna County
- This Daleville is located in Lackawanna County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km] to the northeast of the Daleville that is located in Botetourt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Daleville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Daleville ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Amsterdam
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Captains Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Captains Grove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Grove
- Cloverdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Haymakertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Heatherstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Heatherstone is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherstone
- Hedgelawn Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hedgelawn Gardens is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgelawn Gardens
- Laymantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laymantown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laymantown
- Lone Star
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Star is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Lynchburg Mines ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lynchburg Mines is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg Mines
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Peachtree
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Peachtree is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Rainbow Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rainbow Forest is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Forest
- Runaway Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Runaway Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runaway Village
- Sherry Court
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sherry Court is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry Court
- Stepping Stone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stepping Stone is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepping Stone
- Sun Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sun Valley is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sunnybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnybrook is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Tinker Knoll
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tinker Knoll is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker Knoll
- Trinity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Trinity is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Troutville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vista Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vista Heights is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Heights
- Waterfall Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Waterfall Lake is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Lake
How Far From Daleville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Daleville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Daleville and extending to:
- Fincastle, which is the Seat of Botetourt County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Daleville to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 186 miles [299.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,789 miles [10,925.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,666 miles [7,509.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Daleville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Daleville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Daleville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Daleville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4098, Longitude: -79.9129 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.652 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.222 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.445 degrees. |
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